Techniques for container management and topology visualization are provided. A network topology of a data center is determined, where the network topology includes a plurality of physical servers. A plurality of containers executing in the data center is identified, and for each respective container of the plurality of containers, a respective server from the plurality of physical servers that is executing the respective container is determined. An augmented network topology is generated by correlating the network topology and the determined server executing each container, where the augmented network topology indicates relationships among the plurality of containers and physical resources in the data center.
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3. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of containers are distributed across a plurality of clusters, wherein each respective cluster of the plurality of clusters is associated with a respective orchestrator, and wherein the management component receives state information from each orchestrator.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the server that is executing each container comprises querying each container to retrieve state information.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein the augmented network topology reflects the state information for each of the plurality of containers.
11. The non-transitory computer computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein determining the server that is executing each container comprises querying each container to retrieve state information, and wherein the augmented network topology reflects the state information for each of the plurality of containers.
17. The system of claim 15, wherein determining the server that is executing each container comprises querying each container to retrieve state information, and wherein the augmented network topology reflects the state information for each of the plurality of containers.
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